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Intro
Welsh priest and academic; first master of Magdalene College
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
1523
Death:
1570
The details
Biography
Robert Evans was a 16th century Welsh priest and academic.
Evans was educated at both Oxford and Cambridge universities; and was the first Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge from 1544 until 1546. He held livings at Llantrisant (Anglesey), Llanengan, Terrington St John and Llanllechid; and was Dean of Bangor from 1534 until 1554, and again from 1557 until his death in 1570.